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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

okay, i have seen a lot of 'C-Media doesn't work in RH8' posts, but not a single 'C-Media doesn't work in slack' post.

good.

i have a c-media sound card and it doesn't play cds in red hat. it plays mp3s fine, but not cds. that's not the problem.

i'm going to get slack 9 now it's out (am currently using slack 8.1) but to be honest, slack 8.1 doesn't seem to want to make my sound card work either. now i am not too hot on getting hardware to work to be honest, a friend of mine said all he did to get his c-media card to work was "# modprobe cmpci" but i tried that and it generates no errors, but sound still does not work. when trying to play an mp3 in xmms i get that message about not being able to open the mixer device et cetera.

so how do i get it to work in slack please? in simple terms, because i don't want to miss anything.

So I would think if your sound card is one of the above chipsets then it should work. Also, the 2.4.18 kernel source provided the same list. After loading the module, use the "dmesg" command and review the end of the listing to see what it detected and setup. After it is detected and setup then the rest should be the same for all sound cards (i.e. sym links, devices, permissions, etc.). If it is not detected, then you will need to seek a newer driver or attempt to hack the one available.

As far as playing audio CD's, it is very common today for the CD to be an IDE cdwriter type of drive that requires generic scsi support. This changes the device name on the unit from what the installation would normally setup. The symlink is /dev/cdrom and should point to the drive. It may be defaulted to /dev/hdd for an example, but needs to be changed to /dev/scd0 for a generic scsi CD device. As a result, most CD player apps might not be able to find the drive until the broken symlink is corrected.

In regard to your kernel question, I would think it is not a real issue unless you are running a custom kernel. Then for testing purposes you might want to go back to a stock kernel/modules to get it working. Then switch to your custom kernel. If it doesn't work then you know the problem is in your custom kernel.

the cd playing in red hat is not a cd drive problem. kscd plays the CDs fine, but no sound comes through, but xmms will play mp3s no problem (and xmms will play cds too, with no sound) - anyway, this seems to be a 'known' bug in RH8 but i am unconcerned with it if i can get the c-Media card working in slackware